New toys
I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I keep finding new terminal tools that I love. My latest discovery is mpd + ncmpcpp. Getting it set up looked a little bit daunting at first, but it was actually easy enough. And really - this is so much cooler than any of the more “modern”/pretty/often bloated players. Plus, ncmpcpp does everything I want - even down to including its own tag editor if I spot some tiny mistakes in tags. (For proper tagging work, I still use MP3Tag, but it’s nice to be able to fix up little errors on the spot, without having to exit the music player)
I’m still working on getting my config set up the way I want, but that’s mostly a fun task. I just need enough computer time in one go to get properly into that.
Also, while watching a video on ncmpcpp yesterday, I noticed that the guy in the video was editing his config in what seems to be Neovim, and now I really want to get back into learning vim (or neovim, maybe), too. I love watching people who are comfortable with vim - they move through text like they’re wizards, going straight to the right part of a big config file with just a few key presses (yes, I realise this is because of how vim search works, but it’s still cool to watch).
I want to be able to be that cool and impressive, too. ;-)
Also, on another note, my terminal emulator of choice is iTerm2. I’ve had that one for years, and it’s pretty much the first thing I install on a new computer. However, I keep hearing good things about Alacritty from some YouTube videos I’ve watched lately, so now I’m curious about that as well. Unlike iTerm2, everything in Alacritty is configured via a config file - and changing anything in the config is updated live - you don’t have to save/source/restart for changes to take effect. I’m curious about Alacritty as well, so I might try that out soon, too.
First, back to getting ncmpcpp to look how I want, though. And I feel like I’ve found my music player now. (Ever since I got rid of iTunes (now called just Music, but that’s still basically the same shit), I’ve been testing endless music players, without ever finding one that felt like a potential new home. Ncmpcpp might be it - at least I’m loving it so far.
I’m still working on getting my config set up the way I want, but that’s mostly a fun task. I just need enough computer time in one go to get properly into that.
Also, while watching a video on ncmpcpp yesterday, I noticed that the guy in the video was editing his config in what seems to be Neovim, and now I really want to get back into learning vim (or neovim, maybe), too. I love watching people who are comfortable with vim - they move through text like they’re wizards, going straight to the right part of a big config file with just a few key presses (yes, I realise this is because of how vim search works, but it’s still cool to watch).
I want to be able to be that cool and impressive, too. ;-)
Also, on another note, my terminal emulator of choice is iTerm2. I’ve had that one for years, and it’s pretty much the first thing I install on a new computer. However, I keep hearing good things about Alacritty from some YouTube videos I’ve watched lately, so now I’m curious about that as well. Unlike iTerm2, everything in Alacritty is configured via a config file - and changing anything in the config is updated live - you don’t have to save/source/restart for changes to take effect. I’m curious about Alacritty as well, so I might try that out soon, too.
First, back to getting ncmpcpp to look how I want, though. And I feel like I’ve found my music player now. (Ever since I got rid of iTunes (now called just Music, but that’s still basically the same shit), I’ve been testing endless music players, without ever finding one that felt like a potential new home. Ncmpcpp might be it - at least I’m loving it so far.